This reminds me of the kerfuffle during the 2024 campaign about JD Vance’s comment that people with three kids should pay lower taxes than childless people.
Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain answered questions in an interview with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in its investigation into former President Biden’s mental acuity and use of an autopen. His approach contrasts with some other former Biden aides who refused to answer questions, invoking their Fifth Amendment rights. House...
The Department of Agriculture on Thursday announced plans to shutter multiple buildings in Washington, D.C., as part of an agency reorganization. The agency will relocate its workforce out of the capital region and instead focus on five "hub locations," which include Raleigh, N.C., Kansas City, Mo., Indianapolis, Fort Collins, Colo., and Salt Lake City. "In...
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is holding a townhall at the Capitol Thursday to rally support for public education. Sanders, joined by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and more than 100 teachers and education leaders, is expected "to discuss the teacher pay crisis...
Columbia University and the Trump administration announced a long-awaited settlement Monday night after months of negotiations. Columbia will pay $221 million to restore the more than $400 million in federal funding that was cut off by the administration, which had originally cited alleged inaction on antisemitism, though Education Secretary Linda McMahon pointed to more ideological...
The U.S. fertility rate dropped to an all-time low to 1.6 children per woman in 2024, according to data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The country’s fertility rate has been declining for decades, in part because of people waiting to get married and have children until later in life....
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s (D) gubernatorial campaign said it has raised over $3.5 million since its launch in January, according to figures first shared with The Hill on Thursday. Benson’s campaign reported receiving over 27,000 individual contributions from the state’s 83 counties during the period, with over 95 percent of them under $100....
The chief engine of the U.S. economy lies in intangible investments, such as research and development, software, organizational structures and intellectual capital.
A lawyer for more than 200 of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims called on Congress to subpoena the late financier’s estate for the so-called “birthday book” that allegedly includes provocative letters from high-profile individuals. The Wall Street Journal last week reported on a letter it said President Trump had sent to Epstein. Trump has sued the Journal...
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is calling for Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to testify before Congress after a bombshell report from the Wall Street Journal alleged the two warned President Trump that he was named in disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s files. “Now we know in May, Pam Bondi informed Trump that...
